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Full time 37.50 hours per week
This post is fixed term until 30th June 2021
NHS Grampian now has a number of immediate opportunities to work as part of a remote team of contact tracers, responsible for providing the first point of contact with people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their contacts.
You will undertake telephone interviews and accurately capture all relevant data on the Case Management System (CMS). These roles are vital in breaking the chain of transmission of COVID-19 between individuals by contacting people at risk of transmission.
The main attributes of the role are flexibility, tact, persistence, clear verbal communication skills, ability to write detailed notes and also to take responsibility for decisions, alongside understanding when decisions need to be escalated to a Team Leader as appropriate. You must be computer literate and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite and electronic information systems to support the public health management of cases A clinical background is desirable but not essential.
- You must be educated to degree level or have the equivalent experience which is relevant to the main attributes of the role detailed above.
- You must be able to work flexibly over a 37.5 hour week, five days from seven, 10.00 - 18.00 or 12.00 - 20.00
- You must be able to attend Aberdeen on Monday 1st February to present identification.
- You must be able to work from home with no or minimal disruption to your work.
As this is a fixed term post, if you are an existing NHS Grampian permanent employee and are interested in the role, please speak with your manager prior to submitting your application form with a view to having a secondment agreed in principle and an ability to start immediately if you were successful following interview. Please include within your application form that you have undertaken this or your application will not be progressed.
Time is extremely precious at the moment within the NHS, please allow us to use our time as best as we can by only applying if you meet as a minimum all of the essential elements of the person specification. You must evidence your skillset within your application.
The advert will close at Midnight on Tuesday 19th January and interviews will take place week of 25th January using Microsoft Teams. Please note that in the event that sufficient applications are received before the closing date, this post may close early.
Previous applicants to the role of Contact Tracer Practitioner are respectfully asked not to apply.
It is anticipated that successful candidates would commence employment on 1st February 2021